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At least 21 civilians killed in Russian attack in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk

Foreign diplomats visit the site of a Russian strike on a Ukrainian government building in Kyiv on September 8, 2025 [Handout/Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs via EPA]

A Russian glide bomb attack on a village near the front line in eastern Ukraine has killed 21 civilians waiting to collect pension payments, Ukrainian officials say of the latest barrage from Moscow undermining any diplomatic momentum to end the war.

Vadym Filashkin, governor of the eastern region of Donetsk, said 21 people were killed and 21 wounded on Tuesday in the village of Yarova.

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